Werner Krenn (Tenor) - Short Biography

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Werner Krenn (Tenor)
Born: September 21, 1943 - Vienna, Austria
The first steps of Austrian tenor, Werner Krenn, in music were as a chorister in the Wiener Sängerknaben. He later studied bassoon and became first bassoonist with the Wiener Symphoniker from 1962 to 1966. But on the advice of singing experts, he decided to make the most of his fully developed voice and become a singer. He took voice lessons with Elisabeth Rado in Vienna. Werner Krenn made his operatic debut in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at the Berlin Deutsche Oper. The he sang regularly at the Vienna State Opera. He made his English debut as Jaquino with the Scottish Opera in 1970. Werner Krenn also appeared frequently as a concert and oratorio singer. His first international appearances were under Herbert von Karajan - in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in Salzburg, and in Mozart’s Coronation Mass before the Pope in the Vatican. He had the reputation of one of the foremost lyrical tenors of the late 1960’s and the 1970’s. He was married to the soprano Helga Dernesch.

Source: Liner notes to the album ‘Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito’, conducted by Istvan Kertesz (Decca, 1968); Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Ernest Ansermet	Tenor	BWV 67, BWV 130
Michel Corboz	Tenor	BWV 245
Karl Münchinger	Tenor	BWV 10, BWV 232, BWV 243, BWV 249
Helmuth Rilling	Tenor	BWV 215
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